tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post2277202928161571027..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Doing science rightDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-49232194380139984802011-11-14T20:12:39.212+02:002011-11-14T20:12:39.212+02:00A'la http://thesaurus.com/
Main Entry: benefac...A'la http://thesaurus.com/<br />Main Entry: benefactor [ben-uh-fak-ter, ben-uh-fak-] <br />Part of Speech: noun <br />Definition: donor <br />Synonyms: Santa Claus, aid, altruist, angel, assistant, backer, contributor, fairy godparent, fan, good Samaritan, grubstaker, helper, humanitarian, mark*, patron, philanthropist, promoter, protector, sponsor, subscriber, subsidizer, supporter, well-wisher <br />Notes: a benefactoris someone who provides a gift; a beneficiaryis someone who receives benefits or favors <br />Antonyms: antagonist, opponent, opposer <br />* = informal/non-formal usage<br /><br />Truly, civilization advances on the ‘kindness’ and 'good graces' of hard working people willing to forego a bit of their lowly food or meager treasure so that others may have time to watch, wonder, think, tinker, doodle, and --maybe-- discover or invent something useful. It's very hard to invent a bow and arrow when you're busy throwing rocks and sticks at a deer. Stargazers, ‘artists‘, and skinny kids who want to think the day away are expensive but, unfortunately, necessary too, and --unless mother nature has temporarily suspended favorable conditions to keep them alive-- we ought to support them (well maybe a few) if we can. Investing goes back a long, long way in human history. There may even be a little something genetic to it, what? ;-)<br /><br />PS: If you need an atom bomb to end a bloody war or want to go to the moon for some strange reason, giving some hard earned whatever-you-have to an ‘intermediary’ is a good way to get a lot of precious, meager treasure together fast and dole it out to the ‘right‘ people, or so we hope; but on a continuous basis, when there is no pressing, national need, it can be a might dangerous too. Intermediaries can’t be trusted very long before they start to think that the treasure is all theirs and the givers are too stupid to know what’s best. Beware of ’intermediaries’! Indeed, beware of anyone who wants to take or ‘manage’ what you have, mother nature is still in charge and she‘s a fickle old bat. You just never know what she's going to do next. Right Oetzi?Pascvakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311382875179534062noreply@blogger.com